getPrimaryDirection
Get the primary writing direction of the word list.
getPrimaryDirection([out, retval] int *dir)
This function returns the primary writing direction of the word list
constructed by the most recent call to
buildWordList
. The result
will be +1 for left-to-right scripts, and -1 for right-to-left
scripts. The primary writing direction is determined by counting the
number of left-to-right and right-to-left characters, and choosing the
larger count.
To get the writing direction of individual words, call
getWordDirection
.
VB:
Dim word As Long
' make word list for page 1
pdf.buildWordList(1)
' get the primary writing direction for the page
primaryDir = pdf.getPrimaryDirection()
For i = 0 To pdf.getNumWords() - 1
word = pdf.getWord(i)
wordDir = pdf.getWordDirection(word)
...
Next i